By Brendan O’Meara
Brin-Jonathan Butler is a frequent guest of the podcast, and he returned to talk about Flacco the Owl, among other things.
Brin is the kinda guy I can just listen to for ours. He’s operating on another level, certainly a level far above my Windows 95 operating system.
Brin is the author of a few books, namely The Grandmaster and The Domino Diaries.
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By Brendan O’Meara
Good ol’ Brin-Jonathan Butler returns to the show. In years’ past, he’s come on to talk about all kinds of stuff. Cuba. Access as a drug. Chess. And the blessing of struggle.
He’s a kindred spirit and person who best articulates what I’m thinking, only I’m incapable of articulating it the way he can.
Brin’s also my favorite writer going. He throws a “heavy ball,” as we say in baseball circles. The ball sounds differently coming off his bat.
He’s the author of The Grandmaster and The Domino Diaries and he’s the host of the new podcast Tourist Information.
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As always, thanks for listening.
By Brendan O’Meara
Brin-Jonathan Butler has the world record for appearances on The Creative Nonfiction Podcast at four times. In honor of that, here’s a riff in 4/4 time.
You an check out his past few trips when he talked about what his ego is tied to, all things Cuba, and the blessings of struggle.
His new book The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match that Made Chess Great Again is a masterpiece.
Continue reading “Episode 125—Brin-Jonathan Butler Talks “The Grandmaster,” Obsession, Madness, and the Power of Being an Outsider”